Sangrur, November 4
The district president of the Democratic Employees Front of Punjab, Swaranjit Singh, has accused the local Civil Hospital officials of misusing funds worth lakhs of rupees collected as user fee and test charges from patients.
Swaranjit said the matter had been brought to the notice of the Principal Secretary (Health), Government of Punjab, through a written complaint, demanding an inquiry into the matter.
In a statement issued here today, Swaranjit claimed that the hospital authorities had allegedly shown higher expenditure on furniture and stationery items as compared to the prevailing market rate. He also alleged that medicines of costly brands had been purchased from local chemists even though their generic versions were available at much cheaper rate.
The statement said that the “amount spent on construction and repair works in the hospital also seemed to be more than the actual expenses”.
Senior Medical Officer of the Civil Hospital Dr Makhan Singh, however, refuted the allegations. He claimed that no funds had been misused.
On alleged bungling in repair and construction works in the hospital, he said all such projects had been finalised after being discussed by committees formed specially for the purpose.
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